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There are some things you just have to deal with when all of your roommates are dating someone. You NEVER get the living room to yourself. Making awkward small talk with your roommates’ significant others. The “I’m SURE you’ll find someone soon!” pep talk. Walking in on your roommate making out with their significant other. Being…

1. You’re being offered free candy to join the air force. 2. Someone’s playing Coldplay at the piano. 3. You start wondering if your body can handle Chick-fil-A three times a week. 4. You always get asked your name when you order anything. 5. You’ve just passed a mysterious gathering. Turns out, it’s an a capella…

First comes love, then comes the ring, and then comes those newly formed engaged couples that do nothing but annoy you. This is why they need to be stopped (or at least have their own “engaged couples only” apartment complexes). 1. It’s all they talk about How much…

1. Friday night: No-bake cookies accompanied by a sing-along to all our favorite Disney princess songs. 2. The classic yet never stylish straight-leg-jeans-with-running-shoes look. 3. Plaid, plaid and more plaid. 4. Dress up on days that aren’t Halloween. 5. Sport the practical roller backpack. 6. Bring a pillow for those awkward on-campus power naps. 7. Last, but not least, the Sunday best…

It’s that dreaded time of year — the time of year when normal sleep schedules and sanity take a backseat. The time of year where we experience a roller coaster of emotions and any sort of social life we’ve built during the past semester crumbles to dust. That’s right — it’s finals week. 1. Denial “The end of…

1. “White Christmas” Not only the best-selling Christmas single ever, Bing Crosby’s 1947 recording of “White Christmas” is THE number-one-selling song of all time. What most people don’t know is that Crosby originally recorded the song five years earlier in 1942 with the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra. The later recording featured…

Finally, the long-awaited moment has come. For almost twenty years of your life, you’ve been in school. There was always a next step to take. Now you’ve applied for graduation, and only one semester stands between you and a fancy college degree. Sure, some of us are facing grad school, but for the rest of…

The chances of getting into the NFL are slim, and oftentimes it takes a player years of trial and error before he get his break. Thousands of football players leave college with dreams of being drafted in the NFL, but only 256 are selected each year, according to the NFL Network. For those who aren’t picked,…

Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker assisted six local families in a big way for this year’s Thanksgiving. As part of his Thanksgiving Assist Program, Booker took families to Smith’s Marketplace in Bountiful, where he helped them pick out the necessary ingredients for a perfect Thanksgiving dinner. “It’s my favorite holiday,” said Booker, speaking of Thanksgiving.…